"We have clocked 18 per cent growth in garment exports since January 2017 and we hope that similar trend may continue for remaining period this year. Last year our garment exports stood at USD 17 billion," Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta said.

The industry quest of the government was to come up with a taxation system under GST which gets the entire value chain of textiles under the GST net and the government has done a good balancing act achieving that.

These increased funds will also be used for the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana to promote employment in the sector. Infrastructure is the only segment of the textile industry that has got higher funds. Allocation for the ministry is similar to last year.